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Which Journal Articles are Uncited? The Case of the Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research and the Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

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Pages 661-684 | Published online: 18 Jun 2012
 

Abstract

Two main streams of research performance evaluation rely on quantitative measurement of research output and citation count. Although research output counting has achieved a certain degree of success, such an approach cannot assess the impact of a publication on knowledge development. A citation count, in contrast, measures the influence of a publication on subsequent research efforts. Citation count has thus become an important way to represent research performance. This study analyzes the uncited articles published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research and the Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing in the period 1996–2005. Findings would be of use to academic researchers in planning for the type of article to write.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for providing constructive comments on an earlier version of this paper. The study was partly supported by a research grant (G-U998) funded by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Thomas Yiu's assistance on data collection is greatly acknowledged.

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